My new hobby horse /passion – Coaching! I will find a good definition on coaching somewhere some day and put it in here.
In the mean time, to me coaching is simply a more proactive, holistic, focussed and better resourced version of Mentoring – something which I have been involved in for years. Well, that’s my perception.
As someone interested in Effectiveness, I plan now to more proactively help others in this area through coaching. I plan to do this online (ie – here) as well as in person. Initially I plan to do this through converting some of my mentoring relationships into a coaching format. All this while I gather, develop and link to resources to help me do it all better.
My initial thoughts are that my coaching approach will integrate skills and resources I already have / know and use, including Agile techniques (migrated from the software world to the human effectiveness world), Seven Habits (Covey), Simplicity (De Bono), Road Less Travelled (Peck) and Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (Carlson).
Along the way I will gather additional resources and information. I have investigated various courses, franchises etc that are available to help me start in this area. Given limited resources and the fact I already have a full time job, I need and intend to start small / low cost, and build my skills and resources over time.
Stay tuned for more information. I’ll post Coaching Resources on the page of the same name on this Blog.
Tags: Coaching, Effectiveness